T w e n t y S i d e d
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– Shamus, Wednesday Nov 1, 2006
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DM of the Rings Remaster XXIV: Loot of the Rings
One Year Later; A Vinegar Valentine to Grief
So, yesterday was the anniversary of my dad’s passing. It doesn’t feel like it’s been a year, but I suppose grief has a way of messing with your understanding of time.
A year ago I had just finished the first complete draft of a book of vampire smut I was intending to publish, and was just entering the publishing stage of a book of poetry that was five years in the making.
I hadn’t seen my dad for a month when I’d gotten the call he was going to the hospital, of his own volition. I was in the middle of trying to get Wizards101, the only MMO I’ve ever truly loved, working on the laptop I had at the time. I had gotten through the character creation screen just fine, and had gotten to the moment where it would crash my entire system, when my phone rang.
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DM of the Rings Remaster XXIII: Happy Halloween
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– Shamus, Monday Oct 30, 2006
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Break Week: What are you playing?
I’m getting a EKG and heart monitor put on for my usual writing day this week. Nothing too serious, but it’s out of the way and I won’t be home till late.
I’m currently binge-playing Tears of the Kingdom, maybe even have some words about it to write eventually here? There’s a particular series of quests driving me nuts, that feels article worthy. Bad quests feel way, way worse when the rest of the game is a masterpiece.
DM of the Rings Remaster XXII: Are We There Yet?
– Shamus, Friday Oct 27, 2006
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Sims 4 Overthinking: Jentle Disagreement
The year is 2007, and Lorretta is gone. Kelly and Michael are devastated, as is Logan, although him with much less understanding of what’s happened, only that grandma is gone.
Lorretta has left Kelly and Michael the house in her will, as well as half of what she had saved. Kelly’s older sister got the other half, and Lorretta’s car.
At first, who got what doesn’t seem to matter that much, in the midst of grief and funeral arrangements. Kelly and Michael aren’t celebrating getting the house, they knew that was Lorretta’s plan and it makes plenty of sense to them; they’ve been living in it for the last seven years.
Kelly’s sister, Jen, though? She doesn’t feel like it’s so fair.
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DM of the Rings Remaster XXI: The Epic Sounds of Battle
– Shamus, Wednesday Oct 25, 2006
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The Best of 2012
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In Defense of Crunch
Crunch-mode game development isn't good, but sometimes it happens for good reasons.
The Biggest Game Ever
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Seven Springs
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Was it a Hack?
A big chunk of the internet went down in October of 2016. What happened? Was it a hack?
The Game That Ruined Me
Be careful what you learn with your muscle-memory, because it will be very hard to un-learn it.
DM of the Rings
Both a celebration and an evisceration of tabletop roleplaying games, by twisting the Lord of the Rings films into a D&D game.
This Game is Too Videogame-y
What's wrong with a game being "too videogameish"?
The Gradient of Plot Holes
Most stories have plot holes. The failure isn't that they exist, it's when you notice them while immersed in the story.
Crysis 2
Crysis 2 has basically the same plot as Half-Life 2. So why is one a classic and the other simply obnoxious and tiresome?